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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 1, 1995Banks County, Hall County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 1995, 9:07 PM EDT for Banks County, Hall County, Georgia. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 1, 1995, 9:07 PM EDT (01:07 UTC)
Expired
May 1, 1995, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Banks County, GA, Hall County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 133 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 1995-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 725 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 1995-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 135 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
725 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1502 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
336 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
8.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KATL 020110
SVRATL
GAC011-139-020200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
907 PM EDT MON MAY 1 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
 
   ...BANKS COUNTY...HALL COUNTY
 
AT 907 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER GAINESVILLE.
THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
 
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHAN~GING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 8:16 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCDawson29 min
May 1, 8:19 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCherokee26 min
May 1, 9:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett36 min
May 1, 9:42 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCFranklin48 min
May 1, 9:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Jackson44 min
May 1, 10:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHart38 min
May 1, 10:39 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCNewton, Rockdale21 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.